Nesting mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) forecast brood-stage food limitation when selecting habitat: Experimental evidence

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 582-586

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Sjöberg, Kjell ^b   Nummi, Petri ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Brood stage; Food limitation; Habitat quality; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 17144462362     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008858     Document Type: Article

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